Early Sunday evening and outside the Westgarth it’s
freezing. Inside it’s hot and busy and there’s a real atmosphere of
anticipation building for The Godfathers.
First up are Ratty and The Watchers who deliver a superb set
of fast, punchy, pop-punk rock n roll. The addition of Neale Floyd, once of
Penetration and tonight making his first public appearance for 38 years, on extra
guitar duties makes this set of songs special. Powering through ‘Firefly’,
‘Bury My Heart’, ‘Tsantsa’ and more there’s plenty of buzzsaw guitar as well as
nods to the Hot Rods, Chameleons and even Bowie with riffs aplenty to keep your
hips swinging. Well worth arriving early to catch this lot.
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| Ratty and The Watchers |
King Mojo never disappoint and it’s a good job really as
they seem to pop up at a lot of gigs I go to. Indie new wave mod. A big
Jam/Weller/60’s garage sound they deliver a set packed with guitar driven
energy, great keyboards and tight rhythms. Powerful songs, appreciated by the
swelling crowd, that continue to build the pervading mood developing before the
headliners take their place.
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| King Mojo |
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| King Mojo |
It’s hard to describe just how good The Godfathers are.
Opening with ‘This Is War’, a superb, snarling anti-establishment rant driven
along with relentless bass and piercing guitars. From this opening number The Godfathers
don’t let up for one second of this 22 song set. Career spanning pure, heavy,
blues tinged, punk tinged full on rock n roll. ‘This Damn Nation’, ‘I Want
You’, ‘I Want Everything’ and ‘I’m Unsatisfied’ drag us back to ‘85/’86 and
classic debut album Hit By Hit. Six
from the raw, storming rock of Birth
School, Work, Death via classic cuts from Unreal World, Jukebox Fury
and the masterpiece that is 2017’s Big
Bad Beautiful Noise – huge tunes that bring The Godfathers smack bang into
the 21st Century with the non-stop beat of ‘Til My Heart Stops
Beating’, the relentless pulse of it’s title track and the driving sonic
assault that is ‘Defibrillator’.
Tonight The Godfathers can do no wrong. Twin guitar sounds
from the never still Steve Crittall and Alex McBain, thumping rhythms from Tim
James and Darren Birch together with the growling vocals, superb lyrics and
piercing stare of Peter Coyne. Add in a blistering cover of Blitzkrieg Bop and
once again this band leave us with a night that will live in gig memories for a
hell of a long time.
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| The Godfathers |
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| The Godfathers |
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| The Godfathers |
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| The Godfathers |
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